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PORTABLE HAY PRESS. No. 281,990. Patented July Z4, 1883.

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GEORGE YV. FREEMAN, OF GADSDEN, ALABAMA, NASSIGNOR OF ONEHALF TO ROBERTB. KYLE, OF SAME PLACE.

PORTABLE HAY-PRESS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 281,990, dated July 24,1888.

Application filed April 23, 18E3.

To aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that l, GEORGE W. FREEMAN,

a citizen of the United States, residing at Gadsden, in the county ofEtowah and State f Alabama, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Portable Hay Presses, of whichvthe following is a full,clear, and exact description.

The object of my invention is to construct a hay-press which can beeasily worked by handpower, which shall occupy as little as possiblespace, and which shall be simple in construction and small in cost.

My invention consists in the hereinafter-de scribed instrumentalitiesfor accomplishing said object.

In the drawings, Figure l represents a top view of my improvement; Fig.2, a longitudinal vertical section of same; Fig. 3, asideview.

A represents the side beams of the press7 secured to the inside of whichare the sides B, provided with slots b, for the purposeshereinafterspecilied. These sides are held together by rods b, passingtransversely throughbeams A, and provided upon their free extremitieswith lever-nuts b2. The bottom C of the press is provided withlongitudinal slots, which are used for the passage of the ties inpassing them around a bale of hay between the sides B, and withtransverse grooves c, which lit over the bottom rods, b', and hold thebottom in place while the press is being operated. D is the top of thepress, and is hinged on one side to one ofthe beams A. Transverse slotsd are cut in the edges of said top, and in these slots fit the revolvingclampsd. Said clamps consist of rods, which are passed through verticalorifices in top beams, A, and are bent ata right angle above the uppersurface of the top D. Said top is also providedwith alongitudinallining, d2, which iits between the sides B.

In the rear of the baling-chamber is the sliding plunger E. Said plungeris provided with arms e, which extend outside of thepress through theabove -mentioned longitudinal slots in the sides B. Said arms areconnected by ropes or chains e with the working mechanism of the press.By means of these ropes or chains the aforesaid plunger E is drawn 5othrough the baling-chamber toward the tilting l head-block F of thepress.

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Said head-block is pivoted upon one of the rods b', near the upper frontend of the baling-chamber, and its lower extremity rcsts,when the blockis erect, against a shoulder, f, secured to the bottom C.

The upper part of the head-block is provided with an arm, f', to whichis attached arope or chain, f2, carrying upon its free end agripping-hook, f 3, for the purpose hereinafter specified. Thehead-block and the plunger 6o are both provided with vertical grooves,lying in the same vertical plane with the longitudinal slots in thebottom C. The beams A extend some distance in front ofthebaling-chamber, and in cross-blocks secured therein are bearings forthe shaft gof the ratchet-wheel G.

Pivoted upon the shaft g, on either side of the wheel G, is thebifurcated end h of the hand-lever H, by which the press is worked.Pivoted in said lever, immediately above the 7o bifurcated end, is thepawl h', said pawl bent at its free extremity and engaging with theteeth oi' the wheel G. A second pawl, 71.2, is pivoted in the tiltinghead-block F, and also engages with the teeth of wheel G.

To the outer ends of shaft g are secured the ropes or chains e', fromwhich construction it will be seen that as the wheel G is revolved bymeans of the lcverHthe chains e will be wound upon the ends of saidshaft g, andthe plunger Se E thereby drawn forward toward the headblockF.

The operation of my improvement is as follows: The plunger E is drawn tothe extreme back ofthe baling-chamber, the baling-cham- 8 5 ber isfilled with hay, and the top D clamped down upon the press by means ofthe clamps d. The lower end of the tilting head-block is thrown backwardby means of the lever, and hay is pushed in the space thus left open.The 9o head-block is then returned to its normal po- Sition, and the haythus forced backward. The lower end of the head-block is again thrownforward and more hay introduced into the baling-ehamber until saidchamber is as full as desired. The hand-lever H is then drawn forward,and the wheel G thereby revolved through the medium of the pawl h. Bythis `operation the chains are wound upon the shaft g, and the plunger Ethereby drawn forward 10o toward the head-block. The hand-lever isthrown backward and held in place by the pawl h2 until the lever isagain drawn forward and the wheel G thereby again revolved.

5 This operation is continued until the hay has become sufficientlycompressed. The top of the press is their swung open, and the balebands,having been passed around the bale through the longitudinal slots in thebottom C 1o and the vertical grooves in the plunger and head-block, aretied. The grappling-hook f is then hooked under the back end oi' thebale, the sides of the press are loosened by means of the liercinbeforeinentioned levernuts,the arm 15 f is drawn backward, and thebale thereby lifted out of the press. The saine operation is afterwardrepeated with other bales.

-Having tlius described niy invention, what I claiin ism 2o l. ln abaling-press, the tilting head-block 4. The combination, with the sidesB, of the hinged top D, provided with slots d and theA clamps d,substantially as described.

GEORGE XV. FREEMAN.

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Hoen CUMMING, XV. H. MAYNE.

